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The rucksack : Newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society

Item is the Autumn 1993 issue of The Rucksack: Newsletter of the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The newsletter is edited by Anne Marie Feetham. The newsletter includes some photographs taken on the island and information about membership and meetings.

Friends of McNabs Island Society

Clean currents : Number 5

Item is issue number 5 of Clean Currents, a publication from Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The issue was published in spring/summer 1993. The issue is about harbour cleanup, a proposed sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island, and the environmental assessment.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Annual report 1992-1993

Item is the 1992-1993 annual report from Halifax harbour Cleanup Inc. The report is an overview the company's activities related to a proposed sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island, including financial statements. The report is in the form of a large booklet and contains several illustrations.

Letter to Anne from Barbara Hinds

Item is a handwritten letter from Barbara Hinds to someone named Anne, possibly Anne West. The letter is about a layout, possibly for a newspaper article, and a rededication that is related to the Halifax Public Gardens. There is a second piece of paper with the letter, with contact information for Anne West on it.

Clean currents : Number 4

Item is issue number 4 of Clean Currents, a publication of Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The issue was published in Winter 1993. The issue is about their harbour cleanup project, environmental assessment, and a sewer consolidation program.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Clean currents : Number 3

Item is issue number 3 of Clean Currents, a newsletter from Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc., published in Autumn 1992. The newsletter is about sewage treatment in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Letter from C. Burton Coutts to Mayor Moira Ducharme and members of City Council

Item is a letter from C. Burton Coutts for the Citizens Committee, Allan Street Residents to Her Worship Mayor Moira Ducharme and members of City Council. The letter is about abnormal and excessive traffic on Monastery Lane and Allan Street. The letter also has notes written in shorthand on the back of it.

Coutts, C. Burton

Community annual report 1991 1992

Item is a community annual report for 1991-1992 published by Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The report is about a proposed sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island in Halifax Harbour, including projected costs of the plant.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Environmental assessment report overview

Item is an environmental assessment report overview published by Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The report is about a proposed sewage treatment system.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Clean currents : Special edition : Vol. 1 No. 3

Item is volume 1, number 3 of Clean Currents, a publication of Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. The issue is a special edition published in winter/spring 1992. The issue includes photographs, illustrations, and maps related to a proposed sewage treatment plant near McNab's island.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

Facts you should know about harbour cleanup : [pamphlet]

Item is a pamphlet published by Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc. called "Facts you should know about harbour cleanup." The pamphlet provides information about harbour cleanup and a planned sewage treatment plant near McNab's Island.

Halifax Harbour Cleanup Inc.

To protect & preserve : McNabs Island : [pamphlet]

Item is a pamphlet published by the Friends of McNabs Island Society. The pamphlet is called "To Protect and Preserve: McNabs Island." The pamphlet is about how the area is threatened by a proposed sewage plant. It appears that a membership form that was included with the pamphlet has been detached.

Friends of McNabs Island Society

Photograph of the Dalhousie University faculty of medicine research and development foundation

File contains a photograph of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Research and Development Foundation on January 25, 1979. The photograph shows R. A. Cluney; J. J. Kinley; B. G. Irwin; B. A. Hinds; A. Balders; J. D. Hatcher (Dean); R. C. Gordon; E. Spafford; G. F. Hughes; W. M. Sobey; and H. R. Cohen sitting around a table in a board room.

Photograph of Duncan Coates and Alex Fok lifting Larry Richards in a wheelchair

Item consists of a photograph of Duncan Coates, Professor Larry Richards, and Alex Fok, as well as two copies of a cutline that describes the photograph. The photograph shows Coates and Fok hoisting Richards, who is sitting in a wheelchair, down the stairs. The photograph was taken at the Nova Scotia School of Architecture during Wheelchair Awareness Day in 1975.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Photograph of Tom Risley, Don Curren, Arthur Shears and other unidentified people at the ground turning ceremony for the opening of the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre

Item consists of a black & white photograph (processed by Wamboldt-Waterfield), of the March 1975 ground turning ceremony undertaken by Premier Gerald Regan for the construction of the new Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre. People identified in the photograph include Tom Risley (in the wheelchair on the left-side of the picture), Don Curren (in the wheelchair in the middle of the picture), and Dr. Arthur Shears (director of the new Rehabilitation centre, standing at the far right of the picture).

Photograph of Joe Robichaud balancing in a wheelchair

Item consists of a photograph of Joe Robichaud and two copies of a cutline that describe the photograph. The photograph shows Robichaud doing a two-point balance turn in a wheelchair. The photograph was taken during Wheelchair Awareness Day in 1975.

Wamboldt-Waterfield Photography Limited

Anil elephant drops dead : [newspaper article]

Item is a clipping of a newspaper article by an unidentified author titled "Anil Elephant Drops Dead." The article is about the death of Balakrishnan, an elephant brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Balakrishnan dies of blood infection at East River : [newspaper article]

Item is a clipping of a newspaper article by Barbara Hinds titled "Balakrishnan Dies Of Blood Infection At East River." The article was probably published in the Chronicle Herald or Mail Star in 1968. The article is about the death of Balakrishnan, an elephant brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant. The article is accompanied by a photograph of Balakrishnan and his keeper, Sankunni.

Letter from an anonymous writer to Barbara Hinds

Item is a letter sent to the Chronicle-Herald for Barbara Hinds by an anonymous employee of the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant. The letter details the poor living conditions of Balakrishnan, an elephant that was brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil plant.

Photograph of Balakrishnan the elephant

Item is a photograph of an elephant named Balakrishnan standing on a pile of straw by some trees. The elephant was brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Cutlines for photograph of Sankunni

Item is a cutline written by Barbara Hinds to accompany a photograph of Sankunni, an Indian mahout or elephant keeper. There are two copies of the cutline, one on yellow paper with corrections written in pencil.

Photograph of Sankunni

Item is a photograph of Sankunni, a mahout or elephant keeper from India. He is wearing a turban or headscarf and a jacket.

Photograph of Sankunni with Balakrishnan the elephant

Item is a photograph of Sankunni with an elephant named Balakrishnan. Sankunni is the mahout, or keeper, or Balakrishnan. Both Sankunni and the elephant were brought to East River, Nova Scotia by the Anil Canada Ltd. hardboard plant.

Photograph of the tombstones of Peter, Joanna, and John Henry McNab

Item is a photograph of two tombstones from the McNab family in a graveyard on McNab's Island. The first tombstone says "Erected / In Memory of / The Hon [?] Peter McNab / Died 1st June 1817 / Aged 80 Years." The second tombstone says "This Stone is Erected / in the Memory of / Mrs Joanna McNab / Wife of Peter McNab Esq. / who departed this life / 30th[?] May 1827 Aged 61 Years / And / John Henry / Son of / Peter and Joanna McNab / who departed this [life] / June [?] Aged 18 [Years]."

Photograph of the tombstone of Peter McNab

Item is a photograph of a tombstone in a graveyard on McNab's Island. The tombstone says "In Memory of / Peter McNab Esq. / Who Died / October 6, 1856, / Aged 63 Years." The stone is a pale colour and there are some other tombstones behind it.
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